Masterclass: Writing Our Way Back

If you are looking for inspiration to start writing as a way of beginning a healing process, this Masterclass is for you. After a difficult, overwhelming, or traumatic experience, we can be left feeling powerless, without language or agency. Research shows traumatic events can immobilise those regions of the brain that we need when we are trying to put what we have been through into word. For those with a history of trauma, writing can be a valuable catalyst for healing and recovery, offering a way back from silence, confusion and shame. This Masterclass will support you as you work to exert linguistic control over your experience, helping you to reclaim your voice and give shape to your story.

Employing a trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive methodology, psychotherapist and writer Katie Watson will show you how to use creative writing as a therapeutic tool to support wellbeing, encourage self-discovery and promote healing. This Masterclass is suitable for all levels, with an emphasis on the creative process of writing, rather than the craft.

The Masterclass will be delivered via Zoom webinar, so you can take the session at your own pace, without the pressure of having your video or camera on. Sessions are also recorded so if you are unable to attend live, you will have access to the recording for a month afterwards.

Online: £35

Concessions: £17.50

As part of our effort to increase participation in the arts, a limited number of half-price concessions are available for this course at checkout. There are a limited number of free subsidised places for those who cannot afford the concession price.

We are committed to making our Arvon at Home programme accessible to as many people as possible.

Across all of Arvon at Home

• All sessions will have auto-generated captioning.
• During sessions we will have a text version available via screen share.
• There is a Chat facility to ask any questions.

Masterclasses and Online Writing Day

• A recording of the Masterclass will be available to view for one month after it is aired live.
• There is a Chat and Q & A facility to ask any questions.
• Zoom webinar format (your video and audio will remain off throughout, & your name will not be visible to other participants so it is a ‘relaxed’ event).

How I Write

• There is a chat and Q&A facility to ask any questions.
• Zoom webinar format (your video and audio will remain off throughout, & your name will not be visible to other participants so it is a ‘relaxed’ event).

Online Writing Weeks / Weekends

• Courses have much smaller groups than Masterclasses and How I Write events, and are also more interactive with your fellow course participants and tutors, so cameras and audio are usually on (though both are completely optional). If you would prefer your camera and audio to be off, it would be helpful to let your course host know this in advance.

Subject to funding/permissions (please contact us for more details)

• Recording of Writing Weeks and Weekends.
• Downloadable transcripts.
• BSL interpretation.
• Live captioning.

If you have any access issues that we have not covered here, please contact us on access@arvon.org

See here for more access information.